In 2004, Evanescence won a “Best New Artist” Grammy following their debut album, “Fallen.” The record would go on to sell more than 17 million copies worldwide on the back of four singles, “Bring Me To Life,” “Going Under,” “My Immortal” and “Everybody’s Fool.”
The band’s Grammy win for “Best New Artist,” however, was a surprise not only to Evanescence, but also to rapper 50 Cent, who was widely favored to win the award on the back of his platinum debut album, “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’.”
In a new interview with the Daily Beast, Evanescence singer Amy Lee reflected on the Grammy win saying, “50 Cent hates my guts.”
“It’s just one of those things… I mean, truthfully, we thought he was going to win too. It was such a wild night. People are like, ‘What was it like to win a Grammy?’ and I’m like, ‘Stressful!’ I mean, it’s wonderful now, to have them, but it was surreal… I just remember thinking, ‘I don’t even think anybody in this room knows who we are.'”
50 Cent walked onto the stage at the Grammys while Evanescence accepted the award. The rapper didn’t say anything or grab the mic, and instead just stood there smiling.
“You know when you’re just in shock?” Lee recalled. “He didn’t do anything. He didn’t grab the mic. It wasn’t that bad. He just sort of, like, made an appearance. It was like Zoolander when he thought he won.”
Lee was asked if 50 Cent said anything to her after the incident.
“No, he never said anything to me, but he likes to talk about me and how he was robbed. I don’t want to start a beef with him. Thank you for saying I looked unfazed, I was so fazed. Everything around me was chaos and I was, like, ‘I’m gonna stand here and see if this is real later, if I wake up or not.'”
Even just a few years ago 50 Cent was still upset about not winning the award.
“You got the largest debut hip-hop album but you don’t got no ‘Best New Artist’ trophy,” 50 Cent said of the 2004 Grammy Awards ceremony. “The ‘Best New Artist’, they gave that sh*t to Evanescence. Can you find f*cking Evanescence? I ain’t seen Evanescence since that night. Since that night they gave them the trophy.”
